Cathedral is a DoomMetal band from Coventry, England formed in 1989, and disbanded in 2013. They are credited with blending doom metal with the darker aesthetics of extreme metal, culminating in a very slow, very heavy sound with . In the mid-90s, they soon lightened up into a more groove-oriented, stoner rock sound.

* DoomMetal: One of the more influential and popular bands of the genre.* EpicRocking: Being a doom metal band, this is a given.* {{Feelies}}: The digipack CD of Garden of Unearthly Delights is scratch-and-sniff. The idea is that the disk warms up while playing and emits the smell of apples.* GenreShift: Gradually shifted from very heavy DoomMetal with harsh vocals to a somewhat more upbeat, PsychedelicRock-influenced Stoner Metal style.* HarshVocals: In their earliest work only.* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Some of ''Forest Of Equilibrium'' gets up to a 9. Most of the rest of their work is in the 7-8 range though, with the odd drop down a 6. They've also got a few tunes such as "The Caravan" that drop down a 1-2.* NewSoundAlbum: ''The Ethereal Mirror'' is the first sign of more Stoner-influenced sound, with slightly faster tempos and cleaner vocals. ''Endtyme'' returned them to more straightforward DoomMetal territory, albeit with cleaner vocals. Later albums fall somewhere between the two extremes.* WordSaladLyrics: Have fun figuring out just what the ''fuck'' Lee Dorrian is singing about half the time, especially on their earlier material.* WordSaladTitle:** Many of their songs, such as "Kaleidoscope Of Desire", "Melancholy Emperor", "Cyclops Revolution" and "Utopian Blaster".** The album titles ''Supernatural Birth Machine'' & ''Caravan Beyond Redemption''----